Foot-rest



(No Model.)

P. WARD.

FOOT' REST.

Patented Aug. 16, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER WARD, OF RYE, NEWV YORK.

FOOT-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,797, dated August16, 1892.

Application filed September 15,1891. Serial No. 405,801. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER WARD, of Rye, Westchester county, New York,have invented an Improved Foot-Rest for Chairs, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to an adjustable footrest of novel constructionand designed to be used for oflioe-stools, babies chairs, and similararticles of furniture.

It consists in the various features of improvement more fully pointedout in th claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are elevations of a stoolprovided with my improved foot-rest and taken at right angles to eachother. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line x 00, Fig. 2; Fig. 4:, anend View of the foot-board, and Fig. 5 a vertical section through thesame. Fig. 6 is a side view, on an enlarged scale, of the rack with thefoot-board tilted.

The letters a a represent the legs of a chair, stool, or similar articleof furniture. To two of these legs there are secured upright racks I),placed parallel to each other and provided with the inwardly-bent endsb, so that the racks stand off from the chair-legs.

c is the foot-board, extending across the racks, Fig. 1. This foot-boardis provided with a beveled inner edge 0, that is reinforced by abase-plate c sunk into the footboard, Fig. 5. The foot-board is held tothe racks by means of hooks d, pivoted at dto the ends of the foot-boardand embracing the racks. These hooks permit the foot-board to be tiltedand moved along the rack, but not to be disengaged therefrom. Each hookis notched at its lower edge, as at CF, to engage a pin e, projectinglaterally from the edge of the foot-board.

In use the foot-board, if to be adjusted, is tilted upon the teeth ofthe rack as a fulcrum. When its beveled inner edge 0' has assumed aposition parallel to the rack, the foot-board may be raised or loweredto the desired extent. Then the foot-board is swung outward into ahorizontal position, so that its plate 0 rests upon and is supported bythe teeth of racks b. Downward tilting of the foot-board will now beprevented by the pins 6, engaging the notches d of hooks d, and thus thefoot-board is in proper position to serve as a foot-rest.

What I claim is- The combination of a chair with a pair of bent racks b,secured to the chair-legs, afootboard-c, having beveled edge 0',supported upon the teeth of the rack, hooks d, pivoted to the ends ofthe board and embracing the racks, and with pins e, secured to thefootboard below the hooks, substantially as specified.

PETER WARD.

Witnesses:

A. JONGHMANS, F. v. BRIEsEN.

